Sweet Stop Sketch #225

Here is the sketch for this week's challenge at the Sweet Stop:


The large oval shape made me immediately think of Christmas decorations, so that was the route I took with this sketch, though on second thoughts, this layout would suit almost any occasion - think of flowers, birthdays, silhouettes etc.  However, I was committed to using my new stamp set, Vintage Ornaments which has four beautiful ornaments plus lovely sentiments.  I heat embossed my ornament and in real life it has a lovely sparkle to it.  I dry embossed the oval shape with a snowflake folder, then mounted the image on designer papers and glitter trims.  Not traditional Christmas colours, perhaps, but I look forward to using those ornaments again with a more classic Christmas theme.
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Cathy McCauley, Korin Sutherland, Ceal Pritchett, Marlena Peduzzi, Melissa Shultz, Robin Parker, Stephanie Serrano,   Cynthia Olheiser,Debbie Owens, and Jamie Moore.    

Comments

  1. buggin2stamp26 August 2013 at 04:06

    What a beautiful card. I love the non-traditional Christmas colors and glittery gold.
    Melissa

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  2. Unknown28 August 2013 at 10:08

    A beautiful Christmas card! I love that you used non-traditional colors!

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  3. Robin Parker28 August 2013 at 23:57

    Ann, love the different colors for this creation. The snowflake embossed paper and other designer papers are fabulous. The gold glitter paper gives your card the perfect touch. Wonderful job!

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  4. Cathymac29 August 2013 at 02:33

    Love the festive take on this week's sketch, Ann! The ornament looks fabulous on the embossed background and the gold glittery paper! Oh how I need to get started on my Christmas cards!!

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  5. Stephanie30 August 2013 at 13:15

    Beautiful!

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